| WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR
2009-2010
Sept. 18: Professional development for all J-1 visa holders only, Baton Rouge
Sept.19: Institute 0 (French language and immersion teachers - space limited to 150 teachers)
Teach and Learn with TV5 Monde
M. Bidault, CAVILAM
Claiborne Building, Baton Rouge
Oct. 2: Institute 1 (French language and immersion teachers - space limited to 50 teachers)
Mind on Louisiana French and Culture
A. Lafleur, LSU Coordinator of Cajun Studies
Claiborne Building, Baton Rouge
Oct. 16: Institute 2 (French immersion teachers, grades 4-8 - space limited to 30 teachers)
Mind on Social Studies
M. Charest, Social Studies Specialist
Lafayette (Vermillon Center, 326 Gauthier Road)
Nov. 6: Institute 3 (French immersion teachers, grades 3 -5 - space limited to 30 teachers)
Mind on Science
F. and C. Cornet, Science Specialists
Claiborne Building, Baton Rouge
Nov. 19-23: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention, San Diego, CA
Nov. 13: Institute 4 (French and Spanish teachers - space limited to 30 teachers)
Mind on learning: Brain Gym for Foreign Language Students
W. Piret, Brain Gym Instructor
Region I Service Center, New Orleans
Dec. 4: Institute 5 (French and Spanish teachers - space limited to 30 teachers)
Mind on New Technology
C. Newman, Technology Integration Specialist
Riverdale High School Computer Lab, Metairie
Workshop Dec. 11: Follow up of Institute 2 (French immersion teachers, grades 4-8)
Mind on Social Studies
M. Charest, Social Studies Specialist
Lafayette (Vermillon Center, 326 Gauthier Road)
Jan. 21 OR Jan. 22: Institute 6 (all immersion teachers and administrators)
Struggling Immersion Learners:
Research-Based, Practitioner-Informed Responses
Dr. Tara Fortune, Center for Applied Research in Language Acquisition
Louisiana Consortium of Immersion Schools Administrators annual meeting
Claiborne Building, Baton Rouge
Jan. 29-31: Louisiana High School French Clubs (ALCFES) meeting; summer scholarships.
Feb. 5: Institute 7 (PK – 1 Spanish and French teacher - space limited to 30 teachers)
Mind on Early Childhood
S. Marino, A. Lautherbach, & C. Davis, Early Childhood Coordinators
Region I Service Center, New Orleans
Feb. 26 - 27: Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association annual meeting, Alexandria
Guest Speaker: ACTFL Teacher of the Year, Toni Thiessen
http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/
Mar. 26: Institute 8 (all upper elementary and middle school Spanish and French immersion teachers – space limited to 30 teachers)
Mind on Literacy and Language
L. A. Smith, Special Ed and School Improvement Coordinators
Region I Service Center, New Orleans
Mar. 30: 28th Annual Foreign Language Festival, University of Southeastern Louisiana, Hammond
Apr.15 - 17: Southern Conference On Language Teaching (SCOLT), Winston-Salem, NC
Follow up on “Mind on learning: Brain Gym” and “Min on New Technology” TBA
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